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Year:
1417, August
Short description:
Henry V begins to use English in official correspondence.
Tags:
history of English
in Britain
Knowles, G. (1979). A Cultural History of The English Language. London: Arnold [p.54]
Janson, Tore (2002). Speak: a short history of languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press [p.160]
McCrum, R. Cran, W. & MacNeil, R. (1992). The Story of English (2nd edition). London: Faber and Faber [p.84]